Festival-goers at Whare Flat: Flora Knight and John Dodd, at the 2014/2015 festival. Photo: Peter McIntosh : Folk at forty
Festival-goers at Whare Flat: Flora Knight and John Dodd, at the 2014/2015 festival. Photo: Peter McIntosh : Folk at forty
Jeremy Brooks (top) and Marcus Turner, circa 1980. Photo: supplied : Folk at forty
Jeremy Brooks (top) and Marcus Turner, circa 1980. Photo: supplied : Folk at forty
Hinemoana Baker in 2000. Photo: ODT : Folk at forty
Hinemoana Baker in 2000. Photo: ODT : Folk at forty
Kath Newbrook and Bernard Madill. Photo: supplied : Folk at forty
Kath Newbrook and Bernard Madill. Photo: supplied : Folk at forty
Phil Garland (on guitar) and Dave Hart. Photo: supplied : Folk at forty
Phil Garland (on guitar) and Dave Hart. Photo: supplied : Folk at forty
Banjo player Robbie Stevens, at the last Whare Flat festival. Photo: Gerard O'Brien : Folk at forty
Banjo player Robbie Stevens, at the last Whare Flat festival. Photo: Gerard O'Brien : Folk at forty
Folk at forty
As a new year looms, Shane Gilchrist toasts the 40th birthday of the Whare Flat Folk Festival, a place where fast picking plays second fiddle to...